"Ginseng ganoderma lying on the hills, wild slopes covered with ripe rehmannia. The wattle walls are red with poppies, and the scent of herbs is everywhere."

The ancients were good at finding solutions to human lesions from all things natural! In modern society, more scientific research is also exploring the mystery of health from natural plants.

The same goes for weight loss. With the enrichment of people's material life, the diet structure has undergone great changes, and inevitably "obesity" has become a major affliction of modern people. Studies have shown that extracts of natural plant components can reduce body fat accumulation and stabilize blood sugar by assisting in regulating human metabolism, which is of great benefit to helping weight loss.

Recently, Hunan Huifu Kangda Health Research Institute, in the latest published paper, mentioned dark plum, lotus leaf, cassia seed, white kidney bean, hawthorn, the extract of these five plants, there are very useful substances to help lose weight.

Dark plum

Plum is a kind of medicinal and edible homologous material with high safety. It has many pharmacological effects, such as antibacterial, antiviral, anti-tumor, anti-oxidation, reducing blood lipid and inhibiting melanin. The extract contains certain alkaloid components, which has the effect of moistening the intestine and defecating, and can also promote the metabolism of excess fat in the body. Therefore, in weight loss, plum extract is an excellent auxiliary choice.

In addition, the human body is easy to sweat in summer, which causes deficiency heat in the body, such as sleep sweating, irritability and so on. Dark plum extract clear deficiency heat, supplement Yin deficiency, the tannic acid it contains can help speed up the metabolism of fat, thereby speeding up the body fat decomposition speed, promote fat consumption, can alleviate the summer of this impetuous state.

Lotus leaf

Lotus leaf is the leaf of the nymphaeaceae plant. The results show that many components of lotus leaf can affect the activity of digestive enzymes, and have the effect of preventing obesity and regulating lipid metabolism disorders.

Lotus leaf extract taste slightly astringent, the main function is to clear heat and relieve summer heat, more treatment of heat and thirst, rise Qingyang, cool blood hemostasis. It has no natural side effects and large alkaloid activity, which can reduce the degree of dieting required in the process of weight loss. Its main component is lotus leaf line, can better dilate blood vessels, reduce blood pressure, effectively help the body fat catabolism, so as to avoid a large amount of fat accumulation in the body. At the same time, the cellulose content of lotus leaf extract is very high, which has a good effect on moistening the intestine and relaxing the bowel and diuresis. In addition, it can also significantly reduce the glycerol in human serum, and also show a good effect on reducing human cholesterol content.

Cassia seed

Cassia seed is the dried and mature seed of the leguminous plant Cassia or Cassia minor. The Chinese medicine cassia seed has the effect of reducing blood pressure and lipid, so it will have great development prospect as a weight loss drug. Studies have shown that emodin in cassia seed can inhibit obesity and play an important role in reducing hyperlipidemia without affecting appetite. At present, many weight loss drugs on the market (such as fat reduction tablets) use emodin as the main weight loss ingredient. In addition, cassia seed extract is rich in vitamin A, which has excellent eyesight effect.

White kidney bean

White kidney beans, also known as string beans, are named for their variety of colors. With rich nutritional value, it is a traditional medicine and food homologous food in China. White kidney bean extract is a famous "starch absorption blocker", its main function is to inhibit starch metabolism, so as to effectively slow down the body's glucose absorption rate, so that excess carbohydrates are discharged from the body to prevent the accumulation of fat.

White kidney bean extract contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, effectively relieve gastrointestinal discomfort, and have positive significance in removing intestinal garbage. In addition, as a typical high potassium and low sodium food, white kidney bean extract can stimulate the secretion of insulin, is an ideal food for diabetic patients, can effectively alleviate the symptoms of human hyperglycemia, has good weight loss effect and better health effects.

hawthorn

Hawthorn is a hawthorn plant in the rose family, which is favored by dieters. Its sour taste can stimulate the taste buds, very helpful in digestion. Its fruit contains tartaric acid, lipase and other substances, has the effect of promoting digestion, reducing blood lipids and cholesterol. Hawthorn extract contains flavonoids such as vitexin, quercetin and other active ingredients, and has good antioxidant activity.

There are lipase in hawthorn extract that can promote lipolysis, treat constipation, and citric acid, malic acid, ascorbic acid, protein, carbohydrate and other substances. These substances can promote the gastrointestinal motility and digestion and absorption of the human body, and have a good function of lowering blood lipids, and also have a certain preventive effect on body obesity, but with other drugs to strengthen the spleen and digestion, they can better play their positive role.

Long-term use of plant extracts can better help us control blood lipids in the normal range. But we should also know that it also applies to people and scope. Therefore, you should have a detailed assessment of your physical condition when eating. However, compared with ordinary weight loss drugs, plant extracts have obvious advantages, therefore, edible plant extracts are a good weight loss aid.